Railroad-track structure.



W. 1). PEASLEE.

' RAILROAD TRAGK STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 80,,1908.

Patented Ap1 m27, 1909.

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\YHBSTER'Di PEASLEE, OF WHITEFIELI), MAINE.

RAILROAD-TRAGK STRUCTUfRE.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that Lli'aesrnal). Pei-tennis, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Whitefield, in the county of Lincoln and State of'Mainc, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Track Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to railway ties.

llerctol'ore, in railway'track structures, tracks have been fastened principallyby use of the well known spikes engaged in the material of the tie and which result in abrasion and damage to the tie. The spikes and it is the're fore an objectof this invention to provide a structure including separable plates which may be conveniently enga ed with the tracks, and afterward boltetl or otherwise secured together and which rest upon the u pper face of the tie the tie being provided Willi- SllitflbltilllfitdlllC sleeves arranged to receive fastening devices carried by the sectional members of the late and which are ada ted to securely ho d the plate and the tree s engaged therewith to the tie.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the speciiic structure shown and described ma be Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March so, 1908.

made within the scope of the claims wit tout de arting from the spirit of the invention.

l n the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate similanparts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top lan view of a railway tie showing the app ication of the present invention thereto Fig. 2 is a longitudinal'sectional view of a similarly equipped railway, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the rail engaging perspective view of one of the sleeves.

is a detail top plan view of a slightly modified form of my. invention. 45

Referrin drawings, 1; ere is shown a railway tie A of ordinary construction .which supports upon 1 e1 comt its upper surface a metallic mein members, Fig. 4 is a j Fig. 5-

' Patented April27, 1909. Serial No. 424,223. a

I be seen that a bolt may be coengaged through registering passages formed in the tongue and in the end of the member 7 respectively, the head 10 of the bolt being disposed beneath the tongue, as shown, and the outer threaded end being disposed outwardly of the member 7 to receive a fastening nut 11.

The sections 6- and 7. respectively ad'acent' their outer "stantially which are 13. The

ends are provided wit subelliptical shaped enlargements l2 grooved transversely as shown at grooves receive therails B, as shown. The sections are also provided with inwardly directed. rail flange engaging tongues 14. The grooves have-their inner side walls undercut as shown at 15, and these grooves thus receive rail engaging devices 16 having beveled inner edges to conform to the undercut o'rtions of the grooves adjacent the inner end; of the sections.

The rail engaging. devices are provided with outwardly directed tongues 17 engaged I o. po'site sidefrom the tongues 14 as previous y described.

with the rail flanges at the The rail engaging with vertical passages tically disposed .bolts ends 20 engaged in sleeves 21 dis .osed in passages 22 formed in the tie A, as s IOWIl. The sleeves 21 are provided with heads 23 at their lower ends ongaged with the bottom of the tie, and these sleeves are also provided with vertically disposed wings 24 having knife edges whereby the sleeve may be conveniently held against rotation in the tie. Adjacent its outer end, each section. is provided with a vertically disposed passage 26 arranged ,to receive a vertically dis osed bolt 27 which isalso engaged in a s eeve 28sin1ilar to the sleeves previously described. 7 It will thus be seen that a simple track devices are provided '18 which receive ver- 19 having threaded internally threaded f structure is provided which. may be used in prising two sections 6 and 7 respectively.

side of the mem- By the provision of the section 6 it will e section6 at its inner end, is cut away p connection with wooden ties of ordinary connow more particularly to the invention shown in Fig:

The arm of the forked portion, and the re duoed portion respectively reeeive a horizontally disposed bolt E.

What is claimed is:

1. A railway tie comprising opposite sections adapted to eoengage centrally upon a tie, each of said sections having an enlarged portion adjacent its outer end. said enlarged portion having a transverse recess opening through the OPPOSIU edges of the section, the outer side of said recess being reetilinear and being undereut inwardly, the opposite side of the recess lieingol' angular shape and sin'iilarly undercut, said reress being adapted to receive a rail flange therein in engagement under the outer side of the reeess, a liloek adapted to be disposed in said reeess beside a rail, said hloek having an angular side beveled for engagement beneath said angular side of the recess, and being provided with an 1 opposite rail-engaging flange adapted to engageelosely against a rail, said hloek and tie section having registering openings therethrough, and means adapted to eoengage through said openings to seeure said block and tie in engaged position upon a support.

1.. The combination with a. railroad tie having vertical passages theretl'rrough, of an posite edges ol the plates, the opposite sides of said recesses heing undereut, one of the sides of eaeh of said reeesses lieing reetilinear. and the opposite sides being angular. -s:iid reeesses being adapted to reeeive a rail llange therein in en m ement with said reetilinear side, a hloek having a beveled angular side and an opposite rail-engaging flange, and being adapted to he seeured in said reeess to. retain a rail therein, said l loek and plate having registering openings therethrough, internally threaded longitiulinally winged and headed sleeves in driven engagementin said vert' -al passages through the tie, and holts engaged through said opening through the blocks and plates and with said sleeves to seen re a rail in said l'eiess and hold said plates upon the tie.

ln testimony whereof I alliX my signature. in presenee of two witnesses.

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W itnesses:

ALnRo (J. Cnnnmi, LAURETTA E. PEASLEE. 

